So since 2 AM (3 am CET) last night, the running order has been announced for tomorrow's final. Over the week, countries were drawn into the first অথবা সেকেন্ড half of the final, so here is how it went:

Euro neuro, don’t be dogmatic, bureaucratic আপনি need to become pragmatic To stop change climatic, automatic Need contribution from the institution To find solution for pollution To save the children of the evolution

This album is the compilation of all 43 songs which made it to the final and semi-finals of Eurovision. With a rich cultural mix of languages (though English certainly dominates) and styles (ranging from a Capella to operatic pop) there’s something for everyone in this album. Despite the lack of the all-important visuals which are included in the live performances, most of the songs still manage to deliver well (with the marked exception of pseudo-mainstream attempts such as ‘Celebrate’), with their impressive vocals and melodies intact. Generally considered to be a gimmick দ্বারা those not well acquainted with the contest, the musical provender it provided this বছর belies this perception with valour, only being held back দ্বারা Portugal’s entrants (comedians who chose to sing in Portuguese, which led all non-Portuguese speakers to take them seriously) and Moldova’s choice of gyroscopically-oriented colours and shapes. I enjoyed listening to the CD because of the gorgeous cross-section which it presents of European music, void of an American plastic soul. The tunes are largely catchy (such as Denmark’s ‘New Tomorrow’) অথবা poignant in their otherworldliness (such...

Melbourne, Australia - Each year, Australia holds a Eurovision weekend from Friday to Sunday where the First and সেকেন্ড Semi Finals are shown culminating in the Final প্রদর্শনী on Sunday evening. During the Final the Australian public get their chance to televote for their winner.

This year, the Australian public vote differed significantly from the European vote. All weekend there were huge Eurovision parties in Melbourne, Sydney and the other major Australian cities. Although Australia cannot vote in the actual Eurovision Song Contest, each বছর the public do televote to decide their winner and in 2011 there are some surprise results :

HOW IT ALL BEGUN The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was formed on 12th February 1950 দ্বারা 23 broadcasting organisations from ইউরোপ and the Mediterranean at a conference in Devon, United Kingdom. It was on the 6th of June, 1954, that Montreux became the venue for the first transmission দ্বারা the EBU's Eurovision Network of the যে গ্রীক যুবক স্বীয় প্রতিমূর্তির প্রেমে পড়িয়া মারা যায় Festival and its flower-bedecked procession floats. The first Eurovision viewers eagerly watched on four million টেলিভিশন sets in homes, bars, and ভান্দার windows in Germany, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

AMBITIOUS PROJECT In 1955, the EBU came up with the idea of an international song contest whereby countries, represeted দ্বারা their respective public broadcasters, would participate in one টেলিভিশন show, to be transmitted simultaneously in all represented nations. This was conceived during a meeting in Monaco in 1955 দ্বারা Marcel Bezençon, a Frenchman working for the EBU. The competition was based upon the Italian Festival di Sanremo, held for the first time in 1951, and was also seen as a technological experiment in live television: In those days, it was a very ambitious project...

Croatia will be represented দ্বারা a duo of young singers Igor and Andrea. They will perform in Moscow in croatian the song Liepa Tena composed দ্বারা Tonci Huljic and writen দ্বারা Vjekoslava Huljic who also sent songs for Coratia in Eurovision in 1995, 1999, 2001. Croatia made their debut in 1993. Also the 13 of 26 Yugoslavian entries being Croatian and Yugoslavia's only winning song Rock Me, performed দ্বারা Riva, was from Croatia. Two times the country finished 4th (1996 and 1999) which is Croatia's best position.

I was browsing through the picks and one প্রশ্ন caught my attention the most, it was Ratdog's question: Do আপনি think the voting is fixed অথবা based on country's neighbours and politics?

I personally do believe that the neighboring countries vote for each other, however I think that it is inevitable for this to happen, not only because of language similarities. Its the culture in total that matters. For example, if আপনি look at the scandinavian countries who vote for each other. They all have similar sounding languages which originated from the same branch. Also, generally speaking they seem to be interested in the same type of music: either hard rock, house/dance অথবা swingy rock/pop. Sweden last বছর was represented দ্বারা The Ark with their song The Worrying Kind which was in style similar to this year's song All Night Long দ্বারা Simon Mathew, representing Denmark. Therefore it is unequivocal that countries with similar historical and cultural background will vote for each other. Scandinavia was one example, the Balkan countries are another.